10 FACT ABOUT TURKEY

1 Turkish for Turkey is ''Hindi'', meaning ''Indian''

2 Wearing of a fez was banned in Turkey's modernisation reforms in 1925. It is still illegal to wear one in government areas.
3 Around 75 percent of the world's hazelnuts are grown in turkey.
4 St Nicholas, the original Santa Claus, was born in turkey.
5 The word ''turquoise'' came from the colour of the Mediterranean in Southern Turkey.




































6 Istanbul, in Turkey, is the world's only city spanning two continents.
7 There are 29 letter in the Turkish alphabet which includes no Q or W but has an I without a dot on top as well as i with a dot.
8 The I without a dot score 2 in Turkish Scrabble.With a dot however it only delivera 1.
9 The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul comprise 61 covered street with more than 4,000 shops. With more than 91 milloin Visitor It was listed as the world's most visted tourist attraction in 2014.
10 We call it turkey because it looked like guinea fowl brought by Turkish merchants from Africa.

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